As it turns out, it was an act of volunteering: CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION month (MyDate DATE) RETURN NUMBER IS BEGIN RETURN extract(MONTH FROM MyDate); END month; /
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION year (MyDate DATE) RETURN NUMBER IS BEGIN RETURN extract(YEAR FROM MyDate); END year; / -----Original Message----- From: Rick Root [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 3 February 2005 9:54 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Blog app James Holmes wrote: > > Just wrap a PL/SQL function around a to_char() call with the > appropriate date mask. No, that's not an act of volunteering :-) Actually the way I do it in postgres is this (note, these are the first functions I've ever written in any database language) CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION Month(timestamp) RETURNS double precision AS 'select extract(month from $1)' LANGUAGE SQL IMMUTABLE RETURNS NULL ON NULL INPUT; CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION Year(timestamp) RETURNS double precision AS 'select extract(year from $1)' LANGUAGE SQL IMMUTABLE RETURNS NULL ON NULL INPUT; Since oracle supports extract() as well, it should be similarly easy. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:192880 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
